First year production: 1435

Property: Marchesi Mazzei

Oenologist: Gionata Pulignani

Agronomist: Gionata Pulignani

Conduction: Ecosustainable, integrated defense

Hectares: 117,00

 

 

Place of worship for fans, the castle of Fonterutoli is where according to legend the meeting between the podestà of the Rivali Siena and Florence municipalities, to delimit the territories of belonging and which constituted the military and administrative League of Chianti, assuming as emblems the emblem Black rooster. From here Lapo Mazzei, president of the consortium for two decades, he worked hard because one of the prime DOCGs of the boot was conquered. In the cellar of Castellina making excellent wine is a mission that the Marchesi Mazzei honored from 1435, with extreme respect for the environment (eco-sustainable agriculture and integrated defense), and with eyes aimed at the future, (see the experiments on innumerable biotypes of Sangiovese) . Sled a further year the presentation of the famous hedges, still intent on completing the maturation during our tastings and find a more intriguing concert version than ever, legendary red among the first to get out of the disciplinary in the 1980s.